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South China Morning Post
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Shaw Brothers costume ‘treasure' trove to showcase Hong Kong film legacy
Costumes worn by stars in many of the biggest films to emerge out of Hong Kong's golden era of cinema are being meticulously catalogued as part of plans to return the pieces from the acclaimed Shaw Brothers to the public eye. Since March, a team led by renowned Hong Kong stylist Tina Liu Tien-lan has been caring for 40,000 costumes from the company's productions at a two-floor, 3,344 square metre storage space at Shaw Studios in Tseung Kwan O. Dressed in masks, white protective coats and gloves, the nine-member-strong team has been commissioned to clean the costumes, research and build portfolios that include details such as the actors and actresses who wore them and fabric types. Highlights include antique dragon robes featured in The Adulteress (1963), a film about a scholar and a woman who fight to clear their names in conspiracies orchestrated by corrupt officials in the late Qing dynasty. A prison uniform sewn with the name Sung Sai-kit, the protagonist played by Stephen Chow Sing-chi in the comedy Justice, My Foot! (1992), is also part of the collection. The antiques were part of the golden era of the city's film industry as productions of Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong), founded by the late magnate Run Run Shaw, dominated the Asian movie scene in the 1960s. Some films also became hits internationally.
South China Morning Post
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Shaw Brothers costume ‘treasure' trove to showcase Hong Kong film legacy
Costumes worn by stars in many of the biggest films to emerge out of Hong Kong's golden era of cinema are being meticulously catalogued as part of plans to return the pieces from the acclaimed Shaw Brothers to the public eye. Since March, a team led by renowned Hong Kong stylist Tina Liu Tien-lan has been caring for 40,000 costumes from the company's productions at a two-floor, 3,344 square metre storage space at Shaw Studios in Tseung Kwan O. Dressed in masks, white protective coats and gloves, the nine-member-strong team has been commissioned to clean the costumes, research and build portfolios that include details such as the actors and actresses who wore them and fabric types. Highlights include antique dragon robes featured in The Adulteress (1963), a film about a scholar and a woman who fight to clear their names in conspiracies orchestrated by corrupt officials in the late Qing dynasty. A prison uniform sewn with the name Sung Sai-kit, the protagonist played by Stephen Chow Sing-chi in the comedy Justice, My Foot! (1992), is also part of the collection. The antiques were part of the golden era of the city's film industry as productions of Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong), founded by the late magnate Run Run Shaw, dominated the Asian movie scene in the 1960s. Some films also became hits internationally.
South China Morning Post
09-05-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Chairman of TVB makes personal investment in city's dominant broadcaster
Hong Kong's dominant free-to-air broadcaster Television Broadcasts (TVB) has undergone a shift in equity holdings, with its executive chairman Thomas Hui To making a personal investment in the company. Advertisement The investment secures Hui an indirect equity stake in TVB, positioning him as a major shareholder. The transaction was a 'strategic move' that emphasises Hui's 'firm confidence in TVB's sustained growth trajectory and long-term market value appreciation', he said in a written response to the Post. Hui agreed to acquire shares in Young Lion Holdings, TVB's ultimate parent company, from non-executive director Kenneth Hsu Kin, according to filings submitted to the Hong Kong stock exchange on Friday. Young Lion is an indirect holding of Shaw Brothers, which owns 116.8 million shares, representing a 25.02 per cent stake in TVB. While the number of shares and pricing details were not disclosed, sources said that Hui paid 'a premium to the market price'. Advertisement TVB applied for necessary approvals from the Communications Authority, which were granted, allowing the transaction to be completed on Friday, the filing said.
South China Morning Post
08-03-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
4 Chinese fantasy wuxia films featuring weird monsters, ranked from worst to best
'Special effects' were simply scratched onto the celluloid in early martial arts fantasy films, and monsters were just men dressed up in funny costumes. Things got a bit better around the 1970s – but not much. Advertisement Here, we look at four ghostly and monstrous wuxia films, from worst to best. 1. The Web of Death (1976) The main problem with this magical wuxia from Chor Yuen is that the monstrous giant spider depicted on the poster turns out not to be giant at all – in fact, it is tiny. To make matters worse, the spider is static for most of its brief appearances, and when it does move, the model makers have designed it to rear up like a horse and fire a death ray. So the sight of groups of expert swordsmen cowering in its venomous presence looks extremely ridiculous. Chor Yuen is one of the great directors of Hong Kong cinema, having excelled at melodramas and mystery thrillers in the 1960s and then romanticised martial arts films, often based on the works of martial arts novelist Gu Long , in the 1970s and 1980s. Although his best works are infused with a definitive style, he has been described as the studio director par excellence. He loved working under the umbrella of a big studio, and consequently would make pretty much whatever the Shaw Brothers studio asked him to make without argument. Advertisement That was the case with this shoddy 1976 outing, which came straight after his martial arts classic The Magic Blade.
South China Morning Post
02-03-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Kung fu queen Angela Mao's unusual turn in Broken Oath, a remake of Japan's Lady Snowblood
The 1977 film Broken Oath marked a change in style for kung fu legend Angela Mao Ying, who glammed it up in a Qing dynasty costume and a 'princess' hairstyle to play a ruthless assassin hell bent on tracking down some corrupt officials. Advertisement Here, we discuss one of Mao's greatest performances with film historian Frank Djeng, who provided the commentary for the Eureka Entertainment release of the film. Broken Oath is a high-quality martial arts film, but it was fairly unknown until its recent release. It has always been an obscure title, even though it stars Angela Mao. People have never been that familiar with it, and it originally didn't get much of a release outside Asia. But it's very nicely made. I think the fact it has a Korean director, Cheng Chang-ho (Chung Chang-hwa), brings something special to it. Previously, Cheng had made King Boxer , aka Five Fingers of Death, for Shaw Brothers, and The Skyhawk for Golden Harvest, so he had a good track record at directing martial arts films. Advertisement
